Investigators search a pool in St. Albans Wednesday morning where the body of Christopher Davis, 22, of Swanton, was found earlier this week. / MATT RYAN, Free Press

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The city’s police chief and the county’s top prosecutor said this morning they hoped to receive more information later today from an autopsy that began Tuesday on the body of Christopher Davis, 22, of Swanton. Police suspect an armed Davis, who was also known as Christopher Muir, robbed a convenience store in that town last month. / Courtesy photo

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Update 9:20 a.m.

Franklin County State's Attorney Jim Hughes said he is meeting with investigators this hour to review the autopsy conducted on a man found dead in a public pool in St. Albans earlier this week.

Hughes said he had been preoccupied with juvenile court proceedings Wednesday, and had yet to be briefed on the latest developments regarding the death of Christopher Davis, 22, of Swanton. Hughes said as of 9 a.m. he had "no idea" how Davis died.

Earlier:

ST. ALBANS — Investigators have recovered evidence from the public pool in St. Albans where a body was found Monday, but through Wednesday evening had nothing to say about whether the man was a victim of foul play.

The city’s police chief and the county’s top prosecutor said Wednesday morning that they hoped to receive more information later in the day from an autopsy that began Tuesday on the body of Christopher Davis, 22, of Swanton. Police said an armed Davis, who also was known as Christopher Muir, robbed a convenience store in Swanton last month.

St. Albans Police Chief Gary Taylor said his department has three teams of investigators chasing leads and conducting interviews related to Davis’ death. Taylor said rumors regarding Davis and his death have been swirling through the city and across Facebook.

At about 9 a.m. Wednesday, four Vermont State Police crime scene investigators decked out in white coveralls climbed into the empty pool, which workers had drained Monday. For roughly three hours, they photographed, raked and shoveled debris, including leaves and dead rodents.

When they left the scene at noon, Taylor said investigators had found no evidence to suggest Davis took his own life or was killed.

“We didn’t find a smoking gun,” he said.

He asked anyone with information to call the St. Albans City police station.

City employees found Davis, fully clothed, in the murky water at about 1:20 p.m. Monday, Taylor said. The workers had gone to the pool on Aldis Street across from the St. Albans Elementary School to ready it for summer use.

Franklin County State’s Attorney Jim Hughes said investigators are unsure how long Davis’ body had been in the pool, but it was long enough to make the autopsy “complicated.”

Davis’ family reported him missing March 30, a day after, police said, authorities suspect he robbed a Champlain Farms store in Swanton.

Police also considered Davis a person of interest in three other holdups in St. Albans during the first nine days of April, Taylor said.